Correlation Between Pain Intensity and Quality of Recovery After Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery for Lung Cancer Resection.

Soo-Hyuk Yoon Jinyoung Bae Susie YoonKwon Joong NaHo-Jin Lee

Published in: Journal of pain research (2023)

The results support the impact of postoperative pain on the overall postoperative quality of recovery in patients who underwent VATS for lung cancer resection. Moreover, the QoR-15K score may be considered as a primary endpoint in clinical studies on postoperative pain control.

Keyphrases

postoperative pain
thoracic surgery
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
chronic pain
patients undergoing
prognostic factors
quality improvement
neuropathic pain
pain management
spinal cord
spinal cord injury